Service and Repair Manual December 2019Boom Components60 SX™-150 Part No. 1268496GT35 Torque the #4 retract bolt to 70 ft-lbs / 95 Nm.36 Start the engine and fully raise and extend theboom approximately 15 ft / 4.6 m.37 Fully retract the boom and lower the boom tothe horizontal position.38 Stop the engine.39 Re-measure the gap between boom tubes #1and #2 from points (11) and (12) (dimension“A”) and boom tubes #3 and #4 from points (7)and (8). (Illustration 1)Result: The measurement is between 1 in / 2.6cm and 1.5 in / 3.8 cm more than dimension"A". The gap is in tolerance. Proceed to step48.Result: The measurement is more than 1.5 in /3.8 cm greater than dimension "A". Repeat theprocedure beginning with step 29.Result: The measurement is less than 1 in /2.6 cm greater than dimension "A". Proceed tostep 40.40 Loosen the retract cable retract bolt (5).(Illustration 1)41 Tighten the two extend cable adjustment nuts(1) (Illustration 2) until the gap between boomtubes #3 and #4 is between 1” and 1.5” plusdimension “A”.42 Torque the retract cable retract bolt to 70 ft-lbs/ 95 Nm.43 Torque the two extend cable adjustment nuts(1) to 35 ft-lbs / 47.5 Nm. Make smalladjustments to the bolts to insure the cablebreak limit switch arm (4) is centered in thelimit switch bracket. (Illustration 1)44 Start the engine and fully raise and extend theboom approximately 15 ft / 4.6 m.45 Fully retract the boom and lower the boom tothe horizontal position.46 Stop the engine.47 Re-measure the gap between boom tubes #1and #2 from points (11) and (12) (dimension“A”) and boom tubes #3 and #4 from points (7)and (8). (Illustration 1)Result: The measurement is between 1 in / 2.6cm and 1.5 in / 3.8 cm more than dimension"A". The gap is in tolerance. Proceed to step48.Result: The measurement is more than 1.5 in /3.8 cm greater than dimension "A". Repeat theprocedure beginning with step 29.Result: The measurement is less than 1 in /2.6 cm greater than dimension "A". Repeat theprocedure beginning with step 40.48 Install the red locking brackets (2) over thecable adjustment bolts. A flat edge of each bolthead must be on top for the locking bracket tosecure the bolts (Illustration 2).Bodily injury hazard. Failure toinstall the red cable adjustmentlocking bracket would allow thecable mounting bolts to loosenand fall out which could result indeath or serious injury.49 Lower the boom to the stowed position.